Terry Hall
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Biography
[Edit]In the strictest sense, Terry Hall isn't a musician. He doesn't play an instrument and his singing is generally flat and detached. But Hall is a great pop star, with a perfect look, a coolly laconic voice, and a knack for anticipating pop trends. As the frontman for the Specials, Hall shot to stardom in Britain in the early '80s, singing such classic ska revival singles as "Gangsters," "Nite Klub," and "Ghost Town" before leaving with the group's other vocalists to form the new wave pop group the Fun Boy Three. That trio began a long line of projects Hall pursued over the next decade. None of his groups recorded more than two albums, and each had a taste of British success. Of all these, the Fun Boy Three was the most successful, but he disbanded them within two years to form Colour Field, which led to Terry, Blair, & Anouchka, and then to a duo with David Stewart called Vegas. Each group led Hall closer to the pop mainstream, yet he remained an outsider, since he had no desire for stardom. While his polished recordings only bore a slight resemblance to his seminal work with the Specials and Fun Boy Three, Hall's presence was stronger than ever in the mid-'90s, as a new generation of alternative artists, including Blur and Tricky, acknowledged his influence. All the praise coincided with the release of Home, Hall's first official solo album, which appeared in 1995, well over 15 years after he began his career.
Hall was singing with a new wave band called the Squad when Jerry Dammers recruited him to sing with the Specials. "Gangsters," the first single the Specials released, went into the Top Ten upon its release, establishing both the group and its independent label, 2-Tone, as a major pop force in England. For the next two years, the Specials were one of the most popular and influential bands in the U.K., scoring a streak of seven straight Top Ten singles. Their popularity culminated with the prophetic "Ghost Town," which spent three weeks at number one in the summer of 1981. The "Ghost Town" single was the last to feature Hall and the original lineup; after its release, Hall split with the group's other two vocalists, Lynval Golding and Neville Staples, to form Fun Boy Three.
Where the Specials were a ska revival band, Fun Boy Three were a new wave pop group with distinctly weird, skeletal, and experimental overtones. The band released their first single, "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)," shortly after they departed from the Specials. The single peaked at number 20 late in 1981. Early in 1982, the group charted again with "It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)," a duet with Bananarama on an old Jimmie Lunceford song. The Fun Boy Three finally released their eponymous debut in the spring of 1982. That summer, they had a hit with a cover of George Gershwin's "Summertime." The group recorded a second album with Talking Heads leader David Byrne late in 1982. The resulting album, Waiting, appeared in the spring of 1983, concurrently with the Top Ten singles "The Tunnel of Love" and "Our Lips Are Sealed," a song Hall wrote with Jane Wiedlin, who already made it into a hit the previous year with her group the Go-Go's.
By the summer of 1983, the Fun Boy Three were peaking in popularity, and Hall disbanded the group. Hooking up with ex-Swinging Cats members Toby Lyons and Karl Shale, Hall moved to Manchester and formed the Colour Field, a more lush and melodic outfit than the Fun Boy Three. In January of 1984, the band released their first single, "The Colour Field," which just missed the Top 40. It was followed later that summer with "Take," which didn't even come close to the Top 40. The Colour Field had its first hit in January of 1985, when "Thinking of You" reached number 12. It was followed by "Castles in the Air," another failed single that preceded the release of their debut album, Virgins and Philistines, by just a few weeks. Like the band's singles, Virgins and Philistines failed to gain a large audience for the Colour Field. The band released a second album, Deception, in the spring of 1987. During the sessions, Lyons left the band, leaving Hall to finish the album by himself; to complete the album, Hall hired Raquel Welch's band.
After the Colour Field imploded, Hall formed a trio with an American actress called Blair Booth and a jeweler called Anouchka Groce. Terry, Blair, and Anouchka explored Hall's love for '60s pop, as well as kitschy mainstream pop, as evidenced on the trio's cover of Captain & Tennille's "Love Will Keep Us Together." "Missing," the group's first single, was released in the fall of 1989 and it didn't make much of an impact, peaking at number 75 on the British charts. The trio's second single, "Ultra Modern Nursery Rhyme," didn't even chart. Terry, Blair, and Anouchka's debut album, also called Ultra Modern Nursery Rhyme, was released in February of 1990 to little attention.
Two years later, Hall returned with Vegas, a one-shot collaboration with Dave Stewart from the Eurythmics. Vegas' eponymous album was released in the fall of 1992 and yielded three minor U.K. hits: "Possessed," "She," and "Walk Into the Wind." Vegas wasn't particularly successful and the duo disbanded in early 1993. Hall released his first official solo, Home, in the spring of 1995 to mild interest. After its release, he collaborated on a new single, "Chasing a Rainbow," with Blur's Damon Albarn. The single was a minor hit and was added to a re-release of Home later in the year. Early in 1996, Hall was featured in Tricky's side project Nearly God, singing on the single "Poems."
Collections
Title: Help
Genre: Reggae, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Dad Knows Best - Happy Fathers Day
Genre: Pop
Title: Beer and Chips - Halloween Party
Genre: Pop
Title: Star-Funk, Vol. 37
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Uk Festival - Main Stage
Title: Burns Night Out
Title: Timeless Australian Vintage Country Vol. 7
Genre: Country
Title: Timeless Australian Vintage Country
Genre: Country
Title: Sunday Best: Increase the Peace, Vol. 1
Genre: Alternative
Title: 100 Hits - Mum (CD5)
Title: Music Is Your Radar
Genre: Electronica, World Music
Title: A Time To Remember - 1989
Title: Uncut 09 07 - Music Is Your Radar
Genre: Rock
Title: Summer Chill Classics (CD1)
Title: Mum Knows Best 2 - The Album
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Hits: Mum
Title: 100 Hits - Sunday Morning Songs (CD2)
Genre: Trip Hop, Garage, Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, World Music, Pop, Folk
Title: Britpop 90s
Genre: Indie Rock, Pop, Alternative
Title: UK Pop Classics 2020
Genre: Soul, New Wave, Punk, Dub, Pop Rock, Synth Pop, Alternative, Funk, Indie
Title: New Wave Disco 2020
Genre: Soul, Blues, Darkwave, New Wave, Post Punk, Synth Pop, Alternative, Indie
Title: Love Letters: Pop Standards
Title: New Wave & Alternative 2020
Genre: Alternative Rock, New Wave, Post Punk, Rap Metal, Pop, Alternative, Acoustic, Indie
Title: The Sound Of The 90's
Genre: Rock, Pop, Alternative
Title: 90's Love Songs 2021
Genre: Pop
Title: Song 2 - Indie Floorfillers
Genre: Alternative
Title: Absolute 90's 2023 (CD3)
Genre: Pop
Title: 90s Lost & Found 2023 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: 90s Lost & Found 2023 (CD2)
Title: 90's Indie 2023
Genre: Alternative
Title: 90's Muisc I Haven't Heard In A While 2023 (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: 90's Deeper Cuts 2023 (CD2)
Featuring albums
Title: Songs from the Red Room - Deluxe Edition
Artist: Shakespear'S Sister
Genre: Rock, Pop, Alternative
Title: St Patricks Day Festival - Shamrocks & Guinness
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Sunday Best's Spring Cleaning
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop, Alternative
Title: Nearly God
Artist: Tricky
Genre: Downtempo, Trip Hop, Electronica, Rock, Alternative Rock, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Radio JXL: A Broadcast From The Computer Hell Cabin (3PM) CD1
Artist: Junkie XL
Genre: Electronica
Title: Sad Pop Ballads
Artist: Missing You
Genre: Soul, Rock, New Wave, Pop, Synth Pop, Classical, Celtic, Easy Listening